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Policy, Regulations and Guidance
40 CFR Protection of the Environment
EPA - Laws and Regulations Home Page
State and Tribal Grants Including Performance Partnership Grants
Homeland Security and State Grants
Environmental Program Grants - State, Interstate, and Local Government; Final Rule
Executive Order 13208 of April 6, 2001
Executive Order 13202 of February 17, 2001
These documents are available for viewing in Adobe PDF format.
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) 
Circulars
Grants Management Forms
Single Audit Extension Requests
Federal Register
Minority Business Enterprise/Women's Business Enterprise (MBE/WBE Rates)
[The data base allows Minority Business Enterprise/Women's Business Enterprise (MBE/WBE) Coordinators to input "fair share" goals negotiated by EPA and the recipient. This system also provides to all users the ability to see recipient "fair share" goals.]
MBE/WBE Utilization Under Federal Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and Interagency Agreements Form
EPA Form 5700-52a (4 pp, 108 K, About PDF)
Link to the Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU)
[The Office is responsible for assuring that small, small disadvantaged and women-owned firms are given equitable opportunity to receive a "fair share" of subagreements during the procurement phase of certain types of financial assistance awarded by the Agency. ]
Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) -
Home Page
The Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) is a cooperative initiative among federal agencies and institutional recipients of federal funds. It was established to increase research productivity by streamlining the administrative process and minimizing the administrative burden on principal investigators while maintaining effective stewardship of federal funds.
Shortcut to Grants Information
in FDP
The NSF is a participant in the Federal Demonstration
Partnership, testing innovative approaches to streamline processes
and systems for Federally supported research and education.
Cost Review Guidance establishes uniform procedures and instruction for reviewing and evaluating proposed costs included in assistance applicants’ budgets
Environmental Results under EPA Assistance Agreements [EPA Order 5700.7] (29 pp, 180 K, About PDF)
I. EPA Order 5700.7 "Environmental Results Under Assistance Agreements";
II. EPA Order 5700.7 Appendix A - "Guidance on Complying With EPA Order 5700.7";
III. EPA Strategic Plan/Program Results Code Table;
IV. EPA Order 5700.7 Appendix B - "Recipient Performance Reporting" Term and Condition
Linking Assistance Agreements to Environmental Results
Example Logic Model: Michigan Environmental Results Proposal for Dry Cleaners State Innovation Grant (4 pp, 453 K, About PDF)
EPA Policy on Assessing Capabilities of Non-Profit Applicants for Managing Assistance Awards [EPA Order 5700.8] (9 pp, 32 K, About PDF)
Policy for Competition in Assistance Agreements: 5700.5A1 (37 pp, 132 K, About PDF)
It is EPA policy to promote competition in the award of assistance agreements to the maximum extent practicable. When assistance agreements are awarded competitively, it is EPA policy that the competitive process be fair and open and that no applicant receive an unfair competitive advantage.
Purchasing Supplies, Equipment, and Services Under EPA Grants Local Governments
Recipients of EPA grants and cooperative agreements, will likely need to buy supplies, equipment, and services to complete the project. This guidance will help you meet EPA requirements when making such necessary purchases.